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Best theatre of 2012, No 2: Poshhttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/dec/20/best-theatre-2012-posh
Laura Wade's Bullingdon-esque boys took their bacchanalia to the West End this year – and the play's update for the coalition era was violently funny as well as politically explosive<p>Laura Wade's play <a href="http://www.poshtheplay.com/index-posh.php" title="">Posh</a> debuted at the Royal Court in spring 2010, in the dying days of the Brown government. Its dramatisation of a tumultuous night out with the Riot Club – closely modelled on <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/oct/01/george-osborne-bullingdon-club-chancellor" title="">Oxford University's Bullingdon club</a> – was a sharp, funny, disturbing portrait of our government-in-waiting. Ten rich, rightwing boys with a powerful sense of entitlement take over a private room in a pub, order a 10-bird roast and a prostitute, and proceed to get &quot;chateaued beyond belief&quot;.</p><p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/dec/20/best-theatre-2012-posh">Continue reading...</a>TheatreWest EndStageCultureLaura WadeThu, 20 Dec 2012 16:44:49 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/dec/20/best-theatre-2012-poshTristram Kenton/GuardianCreepy yet charismatic … Laura Wade paints a disturbing portrait of privilege. Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the GuardianTristram Kenton/GuardianPosh by Laura Wade at Duke of Yorks theatre. Directed by Lyndsey Turner. Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the GuardianMelissa Denes2012-12-20T16:44:49ZBest theatre of 2012, No 6: Noises Offhttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/dec/14/noises-off-michael-frayn-best-2012
Lindsay Posner's production of Michael Frayn's brilliant farce, which reveals the barely-controlled chaos lying behind any show – and any life – had the author in stitches<p>On the night I went to see Michael Frayn's 1982 play at the Novello theatre in London's West End, I saw a tall, distinguished-looking man sitting two seats away laughing his head off from beginning to end. The rest of us were doing much the same; this wouldn't have been notable were it not for the fact that he looked distinctly familiar. When the house lights came up for the interval, I realised the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/video/2012/jan/11/michael-frayn-theatre-video" title="">man was Frayn himself</a>.</p><p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/dec/14/noises-off-michael-frayn-best-2012">Continue reading...</a>Michael FraynWest EndTheatreStageComedyCultureLondonFri, 14 Dec 2012 14:09:06 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/dec/14/noises-off-michael-frayn-best-2012Tristram Kenton/for the GuardianMake 'em laugh … Karl Johnson and Celia Imrie in Noises Off by Michael Frayn at London's Old Vic. Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the GuardianLaura Barnett2012-12-14T14:09:06Z